Press Release

L-3 GCS Receives the First Military Band Type Approval for Inmarsat GX Land Terminals

Contact: Eileen Yatteau
Sr. Marketing Manager
L-3 GCS
(585) 742-9136

For Immediate Release:

L-3 GCS Receives the First Military Band Type Approval
for Inmarsat GX Land Terminals

VICTOR, N.Y., October 21, 2013 - L-3 GCS announced today that it
has obtained the first I-5 Type Approvals from Inmarsat for its
Ka-Band Panther™ and Hawkeye™ series of VSATs. In 2012, L-3 GCS was
named a satellite land terminal manufacturing partner for
Inmarsat's Global Xpress (GX) service.

"Having already received ARSTRAT certification for Wideband Global
SATCOM (WGS), our Panther and Hawkeye Ka-Band VSATs were easily
transitioned to Type Approval by Inmarsat's technical team," said
Bill Harrington, vice president of engineering and L-3 lead for
Inmarsat GX programs.

L-3 GCS brings the field-tested credibility that Global Xpress
customers require when upgrading to Ka-Band speed and coverage. By
joining L-3 GCS' ARSTRAT-certified Panther and Hawkeye terminals
with Inmarsat's managed global services, customers will realize the
value and flexibility of combining national MILSATCOM with
instantaneous, portable, on-demand commercial VSAT services under
any operational scenario anywhere in the world.

"L-3 GCS should be congratulated on its focused and highly
professional approach," said David Schoen, vice president of
product and service development at Inmarsat. "The company is the
first Inmarsat manufacturing partner to achieve military band Type
Approval for its GX terminals."

Scheduled to achieve full global coverage by the end of 2014,
Global Xpress will offer an unprecedented combination of high data
rates, bandwidth portability and global coverage. Inmarsat's new
satellite network aligns with the trend by governments worldwide to
shift operations to Ka-Band and will provide high-speed uplink and
downlink data rates. Global Xpress is the only global Ka-Band
system of its kind and will enhance L-3 GCS' highly transportable,
rugged and reliable VSAT product lines for use in a variety of
applications and missions.

Located in Victor, N.Y., L-3 GCS is a leading provider of SATCOM
systems that integrate data, broadband Internet, telephony,
multimedia, audio, video and computer networking. These rugged,
easily deployed systems are utilized by the Department of Defense
and Department of Homeland Security as well as federal agencies and
commercial sector customers. To learn more about L-3 GCS, please
visit the company's website at www.L-3com.com/gcs.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 51,000
people worldwide and is a prime contractor in C3ISR (Command,
Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance) systems, platform and logistics solutions, and
national security solutions. L-3 is also a leading provider of a
broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial
platforms. To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's
website at www.L-3com.com.

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